->''"With a purposeful grimace and a terrible sound,''\\''He pulls the spitting high-tension wires down;''\\''Helpless people on subway trains''\\''Scream bug-eyed as he looks in on them;''\\''He picks up a bus and he throws it back down''\\''As he wades through the buildings toward the center of town;''\\''Ohh no''\\''They say he's got to go''\\''Go go Godzilla!''\\''Ohh no''\\''There goes Tokyo''\\''Go go Godzilla!"''-->-- '''[[Music/BlueOysterCult Blue Öyster Cult]]''', "Godzilla"

[[TheDreaded The King Of The Monsters]]. [[ILoveNuclearPower The Atomic Dinosaur]]. [[WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour Up from the depths,]] [[WritersHaveNoSenseOfScale 30 stories high,]] [[CommonKnowledge breathing fire,]] [[WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour his head in the sky,]] '''''GODZILLA!!!'''''

'''''[[TropeCodifier The]]''''' {{Kaiju}}.

Along with the Western-made Film/KingKong, Godzilla is ''the'' classic giant monster of modern fiction. As a ''{{Kaiju}}'', time after time the mutated prehistoric reptile has risen from the deep, [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor sometimes to destroy Tokyo, sometimes to save it.]]

The first film, released in 1954, begins with a series of mysterious shipwrecks. A reporter named Hagiwara is sent to investigate a remote island, whose natives blame the wrecks on a monster from their myths. He goes back a second time with some scientists, and the paleontologist Dr. Yamane finds gigantic radioactive footprints.

Yamane soon realises that the legendary monster is real. Godzilla is a gigantic prehistoric sea monster which somehow survived to the present, and has been released by the recent atomic blasts. Naturally, he is heading [[TheTokyoFireball straight for Tokyo.]]

The military attempt to stop Godzilla, using tanks and a thirty-meter high electric fence, but they fail. Because Godzilla was created by radiation he cannot be killed by anything less deadly. Godzilla sets the city on fire with his atomic breath, killing millions and reducing Tokyo to smouldering rubble.

Fortunately, Yamane's daughter's fiance, Dr. Serizawa, has invented an [[AppliedPhlebotinum Oxygen Destroyer]], capable of killing Godzilla, but he has moral qualms about using it, since the military would use it as a weapon of mass destruction.

After seeing [[GodzillaThreshold how much damage Godzilla has done]], Serizawa does eventually decide to use his oxygen destroyer, but first he [[NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup burns all his research notes]]. The navy take Serizawa to the middle of Tokyo bay, where he successfully uses his invention to kill both Godzilla and himself, a HeroicSacrifice to prevent the oxygen destroyer being misused.

At the end of the film, Yamane says he doesn't believe Godzilla was unique. [[ThereIsAnother Another will inevitably appear]].

Yamane was correct. The film launched a successful franchise, with several [[AlternateContinuity alternate continuities]], in which Godzilla has veered from villain to hero to AntiHero. The King of the Monsters starred in two WesternAnimation series - ''WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour'' and ''WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries''. Godzilla, along with King Ghidorah and Gigan were even [[SpecialGuest Special Guests]] in the TV show ''Series/ZoneFighter''. He also starred in a show called ''Series/GodzillaIsland''.

Creator/{{Toho}}'s Godzilla films are traditionally categorized into three eras, according to when they were made: '''Showa''' (1954-1975), '''Heisei''' (1984-1995), and '''Millennium''' (1999-2004). Each era has its own look-and-feel, particularly in its special effects but also in its plotlines.

Creator/LegendaryPictures (''Film/TheDarkKnightSaga'', '' Film/ThreeHundred'') has completed [[Film/{{Godzilla2014}} a new reboot of the series]], which [[RevisitingTheRoots was promised to be closer to the original material]]. And there was much rejoicing. Following the success of the reboot, 2 more films by Legendary are in the works with a second movie scheduled for 2018. The new movies themselves are considered by some to be part of their own "era" succeeding the three preceeding eras of Toho films. In December of 2014, Toho announced plans for a new Godzilla film of their own, set for release in 2016, separate from the Legendary series, which may possibly result in ''two'' running Godzilla series at once. This film is set to be written and directed by ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' creator Creator/HideakiAnno.

He is arguably the most successful character to originate from cinema.

The general interpretation of Godzilla in the original film was of more of a natural disaster, something powerful that can not be reasoned with, but ultimately a sympathetic character who was as much a victim of the atomic age as the Japanese he terrorized. Subsequent films set Godzilla as a heroic ally to the humans or as an evil creature that has to be killed. The [[Film/{{Godzilla 1998}} 1998 American film]] portrayed Godzilla as a mostly innocent creature that just wanted to be left alone. The 2014 version of the character encompasses all of these things, but mostly the traits exhibited in the 1954 movie.

The premise is actually about a year OlderThanTheyThink, because the movie's story is suspiciously similar to ''Film/TheBeastFromTwentyThousandFathoms'', a 1953 American movie where a nuclear explosion awakens a giant dinosaur that attacks Manhattan. WordOfGod has it the real inspiration for Godzilla was a [[Film/KingKong1933 far more famous monster movie]], though a working title for the film was "The Beast from 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", making it pretty obvious where they got the idea from.

Frequently cameos as a RentAZilla. May be the only reason you watch a movie, if you're JustHereForGodzilla. When you reach the point when only he can save you, you have crossed the GodzillaThreshold.

There's an extensive character sheet [[Characters/{{Godzilla}} here]] that needs a bit of work.

(If you were looking for the band named after the franchise, see [[{{Music/Gojira}} Music/Gojira]]).

!!Films in the Godzilla Franchise include:

These are the titles of the official films. The names vary in regional release--A LOT. Those variations are listed under the appropriate film.

!!![[Creator/TriStarPictures TriStar]] Series (1998) [[index]]* The unmade ''Film/{{Godzilla 1994}}'' movie by Jan De Bont [[note]]Was scrapped by [=TriStar=] when they freaked out at the movie's budget.[[/note]] * ''Film/{{Godzilla 1998}}'' by Creator/RolandEmmerich and Dean Devlin[[/index]]

!!!Legendary Series (2014-present)[[index]]* ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' by Creator/GarethEdwards under Creator/LegendaryPictures* ''Godzilla 2'' by Gareth Edwards under Legendary Pictures [[note]]The name "Godzilla 2" is a working title.[[/note]]* ''Godzilla 3'' by Gareth Edwards under Legendary Pictures [[note]]The name "Godzilla 3" is a working title.[[/note]]

!!!New Unnamed Toho series (2016-present)[[index]]* Unnamed new ''Godzilla'' film produced by Creator/{{Toho}} and directed by Creator/HideakiAnno and Creator/ShinjiHiguchi.

* AIIsACrapshoot: Kiryu is built around the original Godzilla's skeleton, and when it first hears Godzilla's roar, it remembers its past and goes rampaging. They quickly find out a way to fix it, though.* AlasPoorVillain: Godzilla, repeatedly in later films.* AlienInvasion: [[TakeOverTheWorld OF COURSE!]]** ''The Mysterians''.** ''Battle in Outer Space''.** ''Dogora''.** ''Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster''.** ''Invasion of Astro-Monster''.** ''Destroy All Monsters''.** ''Space Amoeba''.** ''Godzilla vs. Hedorah''.** ''Godzilla vs. Gigan''.** ''Godzilla vs. Megalon''.** ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla''.** ''Terror of Mechagodzilla''.** ''The War in Space''.** ''Godzilla vs. [=SpaceGodzilla=]''.** ''Godzilla 2000: Millennium''.** ''Godzilla: Final Wars''.* And some non-movie instances:** ''VideoGame/GodzillaMonsterOfMonsters'' (UsefulNotes/{{N|intendoEntertainmentSystem}}ES)** ''Godzilla 2: War of the Monsters'' (UsefulNotes/{{N|intendoEntertainmentSystem}}ES)** ''VideoGame/SuperGodzilla'' (UsefulNotes/{{Super N|intendoEntertainmentSystem}}ES).** ''VideoGame/GodzillaDestroyAllMonstersMelee'' (UsefulNotes/GameCube, UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 and UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}), ''Godzilla: Save the Earth'' (UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} and UsefulNotes/{{Playstation 2}}) and ''Godzilla: Unleashed'' (UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} and {{Playstation 2}}).** ''Series/GodzillaIsland''.* AliensAndMonsters: The Godzilla films feature various aliens attempting to take over the earth, often using some sort of giant monster to aid them in their quest for conquering the world (IE: [[GodzillaVsMechagodzilla Mechagodzilla]], Gigan, KingGhidorah, etc).* AliensAreBastards: Every alien race that visits Earth, minus the Venusians, plans to conquer it or destroy it. Every alien kaiju is an unrepentant villain who delights in killing everybody it can get its claws on. * AllJustADream: All the monster sequences in ''All Monsters Attack''. They only happened in the little boy's mind, and served as life lessons for how to deal with human bullies and bandits.* AlmostDeadGuy* AlternateContinuity: Almost a dozen! Almost counts as NegativeContinuity, actually.* AlternateTimeline: The Millennium series all share the original movie as {{Backstory}}, but only two of them have any continuity with each other.** ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'' changes things up a bit, as while Godzilla did attack Tokyo in 1954, he then went back into the sea instead of being defeated.** The Mechagodzilla duology in the Millennium series (''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla'' and ''Film/GodzillaTokyoSOS'') presented the idea of the original Godzilla's bones as having survived the Oxygen Destroyer blast while the original movie showed them being disintegrated with the rest of Godzilla.** Despite all the Showa kaiju appearing in ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', they don't have the same exact origins as their debut movies. As such, Manda isn't the guardian of the Mu Empire, King Caesar isn't an ancient Okinawan deity, Gigan is from Planet X instead of Star Hunter Nebula M, and none of the monsters have probably ever encountered Godzilla before (with the possible exception of Minya).*** Anguirus seems to know Godzilla, they have a short conversation before the three-on-one battle starts. It could just be a nod to their Showa friendship, though.** Godzilla: Final Wars was originally written so that the eponymous monster was ''Junior'', which would have tied it to the Heisei series. For unknown reasons, this concept was never used in the finished product and it's never revealed exactly ''which'' Godzilla it's supposed to be.** The [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] and [[Creator/DarkHorseComics Dark Horse]] [[ComicBook/{{Godzilla}} comic books]]. The IDW comics tend to vary. ''Kingdom of Monsters'' and its sequel take place in a rebooted continuity where the monsters show up in modern times, Gangsters and Goliaths and Legends (aside from issue 4 involving Hedorah) already have the monsters established while Half-Century War starts out during the events of the first Godzilla movie and expands its own continuity.* AndIMustScream: ** Happens to [[Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla Spacegodzilla]]. After getting defeated by Godzilla, he gets trapped in the form of tiny crystal particles floating through space for all eternity. ** In ''Film/GodzillaAndMothraTheBattleForEarth'', Mothra punishes Battra by sealing him away for thousands of years.*** Godzilla would later suffer a similar fate at the end of the film. * AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'', the Japanese cut, is more of a satirical comedy, with a satirical take on the Kaiju Eiga genre as a whole as well as spoofing the growing TV industry in Japan. ** ''Godzilla VS Hedorah'' is a roller coaster of completely different movie types; psychadelic film, horror film, childern's film and, well, [[CaptainObvious daikaiju film]].* AnimatedAdaptation: He [[{{Godzilland}} has]] [[WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour had]] [[WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries three]] of them! 1998 Zilla is canonically recognized as a totally separate monster.* AntiHero: Godzilla himself, Mechagodzilla, Rodan, Anguirus, Baragon, even King Ghidorah who is often potrayed as [[BigBad both Godzilla AND Humanity's biggest threat]], have all received this treatment.* {{Archenemy}}: Ghidorah, Mechagodzilla, and the Japanese Self-Defence Force are the top qualifiers for the title of Godzilla's most perennial nemeses. ** Mothra could count too, she's the only monster to always be good, and have the most wins against Godzilla.* ArtisticLicensePhysics: In ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'', Jet Jaguar -- a human-sized robot built by a human inventor in his spare bedroom -- suddenly grows to over 50 meters tall. The inventor's comment? "He must have reprogrammed himself to change his size somehow."* ArtisticLicensePaleontology** More often than not averted, as Toho NEVER tries to make Godzilla an actual dinosaur except for in the 1991 Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah.** However, the first (1954) Godzilla movie contained this gem, from a character who was supposedly a paleontologist himself:-->"It can be safely assumed that two million years ago, this Brontosaurus and other ancient reptiles roamed the earth. It was known as the Jurassic Age. During this period, there was another species which we may call the intermediary animal -- a cross between the land-living animals and the sea-living animals."** The second film, ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain'', introduces Anguirus, who is stated to be an Ankylosaurus, despite only vaguely resembling one. The character that announces this also reads out a (fictional) report from a Polish scientist claiming that Ankylosaurs were carnivores, when they were in fact herbivores.* AscendedExtra (or possibly EnsembleDarkHorse): Bagan. Was considered (and passed on) for multiple films until finally appearing in the {{SuperN|intendoEntertainmentSystem}}ES game ''Super Godzilla''. He has yet to make another appearance in any media, though he was considered for ''Unleashed''.* AsianSpeekeeEngrish: The English dubs by Titra Sound/Titan Productions fall prey to a thankfully much more subdued version of this, though the New York actors who worked on the dubs reportedly loathed putting on the fake accents after a while and often joked about them between sessions.* AsteroidsMonster: Hedorah and Destoroyah.* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: Godzilla's own height has fluctuated from 50 to 100 meters throughout the different continuities... or just over 120 if you believe Raymond Burr.* AttackReflector: King Caesar can absorb energy weapons into his eyes and fire them back.The Super X-2's Fire Mirror also counts, as does Mechagodzilla II's "Plasma Grenades", both off which turn Godzilla's breath weapon against him.* AwesomeButImpractical: Kiryu's ultimate weapon, the [[KillItWithIce Absolute Zero Cannon]]. It was capable of obliterating anything in a single shot, (in a [[IncrediblyLamePun rather cool]] aversion of the HarmlessFreezing trope) but it was highly telegraphed and it could only be fired once per battle before having to reload it at the HQ.** Zone Fighter can grow into a giant daikaiju sized super hero to fight other monsters. However he has a time limit of only a few minutes and while he can dish out a lot of damage he has a glass jaw which makes him a GlassCannon.*** Destoroyah can emulate the Oxygen Destroyer causing the target to be reduced to bones. Sounds cool right? The problem? He has to have them in a body of water and break up into a swarm of microbes for it to work. And even when he dropped Godzilla into the ocean he still couldn't use it because Godzilla's immanent meltdown was boiling the water and made it and him too hot to use this power. The only one to fall victim to this in the whole movie was an aquarium full of fish.**** Yeah, but remember [[FridgeHorror what living bodies are mostly made up of?]] AND Destroyah can fire it as a [[BreathWeapon breath weapon.]]**** Another YMMV possibly relative to my previous [[FridgeHorror Fridge Horror:]] Would it work in steam or other water in vapor like forms?*** Godzilla can ''fly without wings'' (or anti-gravity), but he loses his primary form of ranged combat while he's in flight. **** On another YMMV note: although it may be physically impossible for him to fly anatomically wise, there could be an explanation on why he was suddenly able to pull it off now: Godzilla absorbs different types of radiation, and Hedorah flies due to a form of nuclear propellant. Could Godzilla have temporarily absorbed this type of nuclear energy?* {{Badass}}: Captain Gordon in ''Final Wars'' being the most recent example, though there have been a few others. Most notably, the [[FanNickname Big G]] himself.** Nanbara the INTERPOL agent in ''Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla'' for sure.** Col. Gondo from Godzilla VS. Biollante, While looking Godzilla in the eyes from 100 yards away all he has to say is, ""All That Intravenous Stuff's No Good For You...Better Stick To Smoking..."** Godzilla himself certainly qualifies. The only things to kill him in the ''entire series'' were the Oxygen Destroyer, a ''total meltdown'', and ''having his own atomic breath blow him up'' (though that last one is subverted, since he survived it (though barely, he was down to a heart)). Making him ''bleed'' is a little easier, but still hard.* BadassAdorable: Mothra (especially Mothra Leo), Anguirus and Godzilla Junior. [[WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries Zilla Junior can also count]].* BadassBookworm: Dr. Serizawa. You can count the number of things that actually managed to kill Godzilla on one hand. You can count the number of ''people'' that killed Godzilla on one finger.** Partially averted by the Americanized version of ''The Return of Godzilla'' which takes the scene of the skeleton of Godzilla vanishing as meaning that the creature seen in the movie is the same as the original, meaning that Serizawa didn't actually ''kill'' Godzilla, just put him out of action for some thirty-odd years.** If you want to take the ending of GMK as an idea, this can explain how Godzilla revived from the Oxygen Destroyer. Whether this is canon or "counts" of course is up to each viewer.* BadassNormal: A few human characters most definitely fall under this. As for the monsters, Anguirus is one of the few monsters that doesn't have a breath weapon and he certainly cannot fly. All he's got going for him are his horns, teeth, claws,and the ability to roll into a spiky ball. And, yet, he's still considered to be Godzilla's greatest ally.** Film/KingKong, the only BadassNormal monster to ever successfully beat Godzilla, although the King Kong that fought Godzilla is more EmpoweredBadassNormal. In order to make him suitable enough to actually fight Godzilla, they [[MakeMyMonsterGrow dramatically increased his size]] and gave him [[ElementalPowers electrical powers]].** Gorosaurus, your average run-of-the-mill giant dinosaur (though more specifically a generic carnosaur), freaking ''broke King Ghidorah's spine''. Keep in mind Gorosaurus only has his teeth, claws, legs and tail as possible weapons, and you'll see why this is such a feat. Titanosaurus probably counts (he ''did'' go toe-to-toe with Godzilla in physical combat, after all, and even managed to ''lift Godzilla off the ground by his head''.)** [[EyepatchOfPower Dr. Serizawa]].** Steve Martin, taking in account he's one of the very few, if not the only, American to be on a city that Godzilla destroyed and actually survive.** Colonel Gondo from "Biollante"? A ColonelBadass who makes a BondOneLiner to a very angry Godzilla.--> "All this intravenous stuff's no good for you. Stick to smoking."** ''GMK'' has a particularly badass admiral who drives a submarine ''into Godzilla's mouth'' and then drills a hole out through his neck. When Godzilla next tries to use his breath weapon, it ''rips him apart''.** Sergeant Steven Woods from the "Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters" comic series, who survives a Godzilla/Anguirus battle that destroys Hollywood, finds and cares for Allie, a young girl who survived a Godzilla attack, and kicks plenty of ass along the way.* BandageBabe: Yuri spends the second half of GMK with a bandage around her head.* BattleInTheRain: There's one of these in ''Godzilla vs. Biollante''.** Also in the opening of ''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla''.* BatOutOfHell: Bagorah in Creator/DarkHorseComics.* BeamSpam: Showa Mechagodzilla's specialty.** This is the fighting strategy of almost every monster in the Heisei series, notorious for this.** Godzilla and Keiser Ghidorah's battle rapidly devolves to this for most of the fight's screentime (when Godzilla ''isn't'' being thrown around like a toy or getting his energy drained), at least untill Godzilla gets powered up by Keiser energy, beats the hell out of Keiser Ghidorah and makes him [[MadeOfExplodium explode in the atmosphere]].* BehemothBattle: In nigh every movie after the first one:** ''Film/GodzillaRaidsAgain'' (1955)** ''Film/KingKongVsGodzilla'' (1962): The entire point of the movie is to get King Kong to fight Godzilla. They each fight other monsters before squaring off.** ''Film/MothraVsGodzilla'' (1964)** ''Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster'' (1964)** ''Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster'' (1965)** ''Film/EbirahHorrorOfTheDeep'' (1966)** ''Film/DestroyAllMonsters'' (1968)** ''Film/AllMonstersAttack'' (1969)** ''Film/GodzillaVsHedorah'' (1971)** ''Film/GodzillaVsGigan'' (1972)** ''Film/GodzillaVsMegalon'' (1973)** ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzilla'' (1974)** ''Film/GodzillaVsBiollante'' (1989)** ''Film/GodzillaVsKingGhidorah'' (1991). The two title monsters first battle in Hokkaido, one which ends with Godzilla blasting off King Ghidorah's middle head.** ''Film/GodzillaAndMothraTheBattleForEarth'' (1992)** ''Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII'' (1993)** ''Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla'' (1994)** ''Film/GodzillaVsDestoroyah'' (1995)** ''Film/GodzillaVsMegaguirus'' (2000)** ''Film/GodzillaMothraKingGhidorahGiantMonstersAllOutAttack'' (2001)** ''Film/GodzillaAgainstMechagodzilla'' (2002)** ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'' (2004)** ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}''* BenevolentMonsters: Godzilla's various incarnations have fallen under this as have other monsters in the Toho universe.** After his HeelFaceTurn, the Showa (1955-1975) incarnation of Godzilla is a more heroic character that protects earth from various evil forces.** Both Minilla and Junior are GentleGiant versions of the Godzilla species who live peacefully alongside humanity. Like the Showa Godzilla, they are protectors of the earth.** Mothra is by far the most benevolent of the Toho monsters. She's often portrayed as a guardian deity of the fictional Infant Island and will only attack to defend her [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Shobijin companions]] from being captured or [[MamaBear to save her larvae]] from being eaten by predators.** The film WarOfTheGargantuas features the two titular monsters. One of them, Gaira, is a horrific green giant who feeds on human flesh. The other, Sanda, is also a giant, but he's far more peaceful due to being raised by humans rather than eating them. Sanda even performs a HeroicSacrifice to save mankind from his brother's voracious appetite by fighting him to the death.** The [[Film/{{Godzilla2014}} 2014 US version of Godzilla]] is capable of causing tsunamis just by walking out of the water. He doesn't mean to, of course. It's just that he's so huge he ends up causing destruction by ''accident''. For the most part, he prefers to spend his time swimming peacefully in the oceans and feeding on Earth's natural radiation sources. The only reason he even showed up in civilization in the first place was to fight the comparatively more vicious MUTO.* BerserkButton: Mothra may be the most peaceful monster in the film series. But, harm/kidnap either her children or her fairy companions and she will unleash her rage upon you.** Though he already has a short temper, harming Godzilla's son [[PapaWolf is most definitely the very last thing you'll ever do]]. Kumonga, Kamacuras and Destoroyah each had to learn this the hard way.*** Godzilla didn't actually kill Destoroyah himself, but he did mess him up pretty badly.**** It is possible that Godzilla did (although maybe inadvertently) finish off Destroyah in the final cut when[[spoiler:Godzilla melts down really close to Destroyah,]] therefore killing any last of the surviving micro-organisms. After all, Destroyah is a kaiju and [[spoiler:freezing his wings and a great drop]] might not be enough to kill him, but leave him crippled too close to [[spoiler:Godzilla's meltdown.]]

**** Though it should be noted that the original ending ''did'' have Godzilla kill off Destoroyah as he died. It was cut because it was thought it took away from the emotional impact of Godzilla's death.* BigBad: Quite a few, although Ghidorah is arguably the primary antagonist of the entire franchise as a whole.* BigBudgetBeefUp: ''Godzilla: Final Wars''.** ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' to an extent, as it was Toho's 30th anniversary film. Both eponymous monsters appear for the first time in color, widescreen and stereo. Of course, a good chunk of the budget went to the ownership of King Kong's rights alone.** The 1984 film was a tremendous step up in budget from the notoriously cheap films of the 1970's that had come before it.** The 2014 remake has the highest budget of any Godzilla movie made as of yet* BigCreepyCrawlies: Mothra, obviously, but there's also Kumonga (a spider), Kamacuras (praying mantis), Megalon (beetle), Battra (another butterfly/moth) and Megaguirus (prehistoric dragonfly).** Not kaiju sized-but no less big creepy crawlies include: The Meganulons (which are like giant dragonfly nymphs) in ''Rodan'' and ''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'', the Shockirus (6ft long sea lice) in ''The Return of Godzilla'' and the human-sized versions of Destoroyah count as well.** The MUTOS in the 2014 film, though with a few reptilian/Gigan features added as well. They appear to resemble spiders or parasitic wasps, and like the latter exhibit BizarreSexualDimorphism (the female being much bigger and lacking wings.)* BigDamnHeroes: Kiryu saving a nurse and child from a beam charging Godzilla by slamming into him just as he lands, sending Godzilla flying down several blocks.** In ''Final Wars'', Mothra gets [[KillItWithFire set on fire by Gigan]]. [[InfernalRetaliation She decides being set on fire isn't that bad and flies into Gigan,]] [[HeroicSacrifice killing them both.]]*** The [[HeroicSacrifice Heroic Sacrifice]] trope is subverted, though, since she lived (as the post-credits scene shows).** Earlier, Godzilla was getting trounced by Gigan and Monster X when Mothra showed up and clotheslines them.*** Godzilla tends to become this in many Showa-era films. Gorosaurus gets the role in ''Destroy All Monsters'' by way of knocking Ghidorah (who until this point had been doing [[NoSell rather well]] against every foe he had) onto the ground with a kangaroo-styled kick.* BilingualDialogue: ''Final Wars''. In ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'', all English speaking actors voices are retained and subtitled in Japanese.* BreathWeapon: Godzilla is famous for this, though he doesn't breathe "fire" as commonly thought, but rather an atomic heat beam - it varies between a kind of super-heated gas in the earlier films to a concentrated beam with explosive qualities in the later films. Many other monsters have a breath weapon of some form over the series, including Rodan (1956 and 1993), King Ghidorah, Baragon (1965), Mechagodzilla (in all versions), Biollante, Spacegodzilla, Destoroyah, Keizer Ghidorah, [[WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries Zilla Junior]], Godzilla Junior, Anguirus (in the games), Titanosaurus (also in the games), Varan ([[RuleOfThree in the games, too]]), etc.* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: If a way to stop Godzilla does occur, it's either done at a great costs, fails to stop him for long, or both.* BunglingInventor: Tetsuo from ''Invasion of Astro-Monster'' is pretty bright but his invention is an overly noisy device. It then turns out to be an extremely effective weapon against the people of Planet X.* ButtMonkey: Angurius. His roles tended to be a CurbStompBattle against Godzilla (in his first and last appearances), a sidekick to Godzilla who gets utterly bashed, or a mere WorfEffect. Even his vuvuzela-like roar seems to lament "Why me?".* CallBack: Final Wars features many callbacks to the classic Toho sci-fi films of the 50s and 60s, including having the object plummeting towards Earth be Gorath from SuspiciousStarGorath, and having the vintage Tohoscope logo be shown at the beginning.* TheCameo: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHxzAXaJOtU Godzilla appears in a brief daydream sequence]] in the Japanese film ''Always 2'', doing what he does best and looking quite good in CGI.* {{Cancellation}}: Of the 5 Random House Godzilla novels written by Marc Cerasini only 4 came out. The 5th and final book was to end in a final showdown with Godzilla and a totally new monster. [[http://www.change.org/petitions/random-house-release-marc-cerasini-s-godzilla-and-the-lost-continent-novel Though there are]] some petitions to [[http://www.thepetitionsite.com/825/512/686/release-marc-cerasinis-godzilla-and-the-lost-continent-novel/ get it out.]]** Both of the animated series suffered this fate; though [[WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries the 1998 movie series]] at least lasted fairly long; up until April 22nd, 2000 (as it started on September 12th, 1998, that's a year and a quarter). The Hanna-Barbera version, however, only lasted about a year and two months, starting on September 9th, 1978 and ending its run on December 8th, 1979.* CanonDiscontinuity: The Godzilla series has multiple separate continuities within it: Showa (The films between 1954 and 1975) and Heisei (the films between 1984 and 1995) being the longest of them. Most films after that are their own individual continuity (But most still keep the original as canonical). This still doesn't prevent fans from picking and choosing amongst them. The fact that the first film's american version was actually re-dubbed in Japanese and shown in cinemas to a great success also adds some confusion to the Japanese fans as to what version was canon.* CanonWelding: Many of the monsters Godzilla faced, most notably Mothra and Rodan, originated in their own completely separate films.* CaptainObvious: Shoichi, the main human character from "Raids Again", explains EVERYTHING that is going on in the movie [[GoodBadDub but only in the dub]].* ChainsawGood: ** [[spoiler: Gigan NEOS]] towards the end of ''Final Wars'', and ''[[DualWielding Dual Chainsaws]]'' at that!** But then said monster also throughout all appearances has a buzzsaw in his torso.* ColonyDrop: ''Final Wars''. Godzilla takes it on point blank and LIVES.* ColossusClimb: What some scientists and G Force have attempted to do, in order to research and understand Godzilla better. This is ''[[DontTouchItYouIdiot wholly inadvisable]]'' due to the amount of radiation being emitted from his body.* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: When Kiryu is possessed by the [[ItMakesSenseInContext spirit of the original Godzilla]], its eyes change from yellow to [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]].* ConfusionFu: In the Showa films monsters would sometimes have a hard time even getting close to King Ghidorah because he'd keep moving his heads around in wild ways so that it was hard to predict which volley of gravity beams would hit, which would miss, or if he would rake them across an enemy monster's body or readjust his aim if he missed or not and because there is no glowing or charge time he spammed these rays like no tommorow. It's because of this he'd hit any attacking monsters half the time and the other half miss. He wasn't a dangerous planet-killing monster just because of his strength but also because of how wild he was. He is chaos incarnate! * CombatTentacles: Biollante. And Ghidorah, kind of, though he's more Combat ''Necks'' than tentacles.* CombiningMecha: MOGERA and Super Mechagodzilla.* ComicBookAdaptation: One from Creator/MarvelComics (in the '70s), another from Creator/DarkHorseComics (in the '90s). Both suffered from being unable to use anyone but Godzilla.** A new series from IDW Publishing is currently in progress. And unlike Marvel and Dark Horse, they've got the rights to a bunch of Godzilla's foes.* CoolBoat: The Atragon/Gotengo.* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Occasionally show up as human antagonists. Often show up in the Mothra films for [[GreenAesop some reason]].* CosmicHorrorStory: King Ghidorah's background mentions that it has destroyed countless worlds with life.* ContinuityReboot: The Heisei series is this to the Showa series while the Millennium series does this constantly. The IDW Godzilla continuity (''Kingdom of Monsters'' and the Ongoing) is set up in an entirely different universe altogether. * CrapsackWorld: A relatively light example. Most of the human populace is TooDumbToLive, {{Jerkass}}es, or both, and monster attacks are a day-to-day occurance.* CreepyTwins: Mothra's Fairies (the Shobijin/Cosmos/Elias).* {{Crossover}}: Mothra, Rodan, King Kong, Gorosaurus, Manda, Varan, Baragon, Moguera/MOGERA, Kamoebas and Zilla all started in their own movies before being imported to the main series.** And there was Godzilla, Gigan and Ghidorah showing up in Zone Fighter.** And don't forget all the fan-made crossovers, either!** Banpresto, the company responsible for ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'', also created a crossover of Godzilla series, Franchise/UltraSeries, Franchise/KamenRider series and Franchise/{{Gundam}} series... in a [[http://tohokingdom.com/vg/battle_soccer.htm soccer game]], of all things.* CrystalSpiresAndTogas: The Seatopians in ''Godzilla vs. Megalon''.* CulturalTranslation: The [[Film/{{Godzilla 1998}} first U.S. remake]], complete with AmericaSavesTheDay, though there is a slight subversion in that the French are involved.** It goes back to the original, though, as ''Gojira'' had Raymond Burr (technically, a Canadian, but close enough) wedged in when it became ''Godzilla: King of the Monsters!''.** Averted on the first one, since it didn't changed the movie as much as it ignored some themes that might have offended Americans back in the day.** Played straight with the second film, ''Godzilla's Counterattack/Godzilla Raids Again/Gigantis the Fire Monster''. Read all about it [[http://www.aycyas.com/godzillascounterattack.htm here]] and [[http://www.historyvortex.org/GodzillaAmerica2.html here]]** The 1998 remake pretty much remakes the entire original film into something akin to a Sy-Fi Channel remake of ''[[Film/TheBeastFrom20000Fathoms The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms]]'', and it most certainly shows; the U.S military ''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu kill the giant monster with missiles]]''. The film seems less like a remake of a Godzilla film and more like some kind of military propaganda film or a remake of ''The Beast From 20,000 Fathoms''.* CurbStompBattle: A few.** The fight against "Zilla" (his InNameOnly American counterpart) in ''Final Wars'', which doubles as one [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowning Moment]] of TakeThat, though almost every other battle in the film was also a Curb-Stomp Battle. Anguirus, Rodan, and King Caesar are the only monsters other than the main antagonists who last more than a few seconds against Big G, and even then, that's only because there's three of them.** The fight between Baragon and Godzilla in ''Godzilla, Mothra, King Ghidorah'' -- it even involves '''actual''' curb stomping.** Gigan being killed by Zone Fighter and King Ghidorah beating Zone Fighter in round one.** Godzilla is utterly hopeless at beating Mechagodzilla in their first encounter--until he magnitizes himself, which allows him to finally get the upper hand. ** Godzilla is overpowered almost immediately from the get-go in his battle against Keizer Ghidorah in Godzilla final wars, never even being able to mount an effective defense as he's ragdolled around, beaten up, and utterly trashed by Monster X's transformation. However, following his EleventhHourSuperpower power up he turns the tide and inflicts a curbstomp right back at Ghidorah. ** Heisei Godzilla is utterly curbstomped ''three times'' by his robot duplicate in ''[[Film/GodzillaVsMechagodzillaII Godzilla VS Mechagodzilla]]''; the first time is basically Godzilla being utterly ''dominated'' by Mechagodzilla's vast arsenal and superior defences, the second is much like the first time, just in a city instead of a grassy valley, and the third time is after Mechagodzilla combines with the Garuda to become Super Mechagodzilla. Mechagodzilla is curbed back by the revitalized, revived and pissed Godzilla; though notably the robotic Godzilla tanked more Spiral Rays than either of the following foes, Spacegodzilla and Destoroyah.* CutAndPasteTranslation: Although the ending of ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' was not an example of this, major chunks of character development were cut and replaced with scenes involving U.N. scientists and exposition dedicated to explaining bizarre and nonsensical pseudoscience. Though almost the entire soundtrack was replaced with the one from ''Film/CreatureFromTheBlackLagoon'' (According to U.S. producer John Beck, it sounded less "oriental"), the [[{{Misblamed}} ending remains the same]] save one minor alteration omitting Godzilla's roar at the end, which covertly implied that Kong had won.* CyberCyclops: Gigan. His single eye can shoot out a cluster of laser beams.** Although until his appearance in ''Final Wars'' this wasn't one of his abilities. Gigan was shown firing lasers on the boxart and posters of his movies but he never did it in them.*** Well, in the Japan-only television series ''Godzilla Island'' he has the eye beam, so the ability is OlderThanTheyThink.* DarkerAndEdgier: The Heisei and Millennium series. Even within the Millennium series, ''GMK'' showed up the previous two film's rather neutral, anti-hero portrayal with a Godzilla that was a much worse monster than even the original one.** ''Godzilla vs. Hedorah'' was a mild case of this. Sure, it had a kid in it, but it featured the largest body count since the original ''Godzilla'' and some pretty graphic violence in both combat and monster attack scenes. The goofy scene of Godzilla flying was intended to give any kids in the audience a break from all the people-melting terror. And keep in mind that this movie came right after ''All Monsters Attack'', which was considered the point where the Godzilla films began aiming towards younger audiences.** ''Mothra vs. Godzilla'' was considerably bleaker than ''King Kong vs. Godzilla''. Then there is ''Terror of Mechagodzilla'', the sequel to the first [=MG=] film. Mechagodzilla seems to lampshade the film's darker nature by being dark and rusty (as opposed to the previous movie's shiny and reflective incarnation).** ''Film/{{Godzilla 2014}}'' is looking to be the darkest film since the original, fittingly going back to the horror roots of the first film and reverting Godzilla back to being a terrifying force of nature.* DarkReprise: A non-musical version in GMK. The first two guardian monsters awaken, Baragon and Mothra. Both kill teenagers that were causing trouble and one group even preparing to drown a dog. Godzilla arrives on land by stomping down on a house containing better behaved teens.* DeadpanSnarker: Some of the {{Promoted Fanboy}}s who did the commentaries for the Classic Media [=DVD=]s tend to be 150% deadpan. ("This is a young Katsura, with her pig-tails, bright shirt and short skirt... raaaaarrr." - ''Terror of Mechagodzilla''.)** The commentary for the American version of the second film, ''Godzilla Raids Again'', is half informative commentary, half MST-styled brutal lampooning of the incompetent translation.--> "Ah, Banana oil!"** Quite a few moments in the IDW comics.** The crew over at the ''[[MysteryScienceTheater3000 Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'' have commentated over a few Godzilla films, most notably ''[[Film/GodzillaVsMegalon Godzilla Vs. Megalon]]''.* DefeatMeansFriendship: After Godzilla kills Anguirus in the second movie, they're close allies throughout the rest of the Showa series. Whether the same Anguirus survived or the one that acts as Godzilla's ally is a different one has never been explained.* DefrostingTheIceQueen: Katsura in ''Terror of Mechagodzilla''.* DeliberatelyMonochrome: The opening of ''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus'' is a black and white recreation of Godzilla's 1954 attack on Tokyo, only using the then-current Godzilla design instead.** They actually used footage from ''Gojira'' and integrated the modern suit into the film. And it's almost flawless.** In ''Godzilla vs. Hedorah'', when it shows the anti-Hedorah party gathered on Mt. Fuji, the scene is in black and white. It switches to color when the leader kicks off the 70's funk!* TheDeterminator: Malmess the Selginian assassin in ''Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster''. He pulls himself out of his crushed Mercedes after a rockslide and, bruised and bloody, immediately resumes his mission as if nothing happened.* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: Pretty common in most Godzilla movies. Even some of the better movies in the series fall prey to this especially hard... in ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah'', Godzilla himself doesn't show up until an hour into the film while you're hit with a complicated time-travel plot from the humans (Although you do end up seeing the pre-mutation dinosaur and King Ghidorah, but still... this is supposed to be about Godzilla, right?)** Presumably this issue was the motivation behind the amped-up action and fast pace of ''Final Wars'', though in escaping this trope it dashed headlong into [[BrokenBase another]].** You can notice that most of the more recent Godzilla films tend to open up with some Godzilla action to hook the audience, then tend to proceed with the usual human story for some while before monster action typically resumes. ''Godzilla vs Destoroyah'', ''Godzilla 2000'', ''Godzilla vs Megaguirus'', ''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla'' and ''Godzilla Final Wars'' all follow this pattern, and even ''GMK'' and ''Tokyo: SOS'' still have hints of Godzilla right at the start.* DigitalDestruction: Not so bad with making flesh appear waxy but depending on factors wiring can be a lot more apparent. Such as King Ghidroah on Planet X during the first battle.* DinosaursAreDragons[=/=]PrehistoricMonster: Most kaiju based on prehistoric (or supposedly prehistoric) animals: Godzilla, Anguirus, Varan, Rodan, Baragon and Megaguirus.** As well as Gorosaurus, Titanosaurus and Destoroyah.* DoAnythingRobot: Jet Jaguar. Though, considering he was [[GaryStu designed by a little kid and became best friends with the main character...]]* DoomedProtagonist: Godzilla, due to radiation overdose, in ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah''.** The Guardian Monsters also end up as this, as all three are eventually killed by Godzilla.* DownerEnding: The ending for the original 1954 film has [[spoiler:One of the main characters choose to die with Godzilla rather than risk having to use his weapon again. Not only that, but it's implied that Godzilla isn't the only one of his kind...]]** ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah''. Full stop.* TheDragon: Literally, with King Ghidorah, who tends to serve various aliens.** Gigan is the Dragon to King Ghidorah, since they both seem to work very well together.* {{Eagleland}}: The Tri-Star [[InNameOnly "remake"]] is pretty big on Flavour #1; though the French are involved. Kinda.* EldritchAbomination: Several of Godzilla's biggest foes can fit the bill, depending on the version used. Hedorah, King Ghidorah, Desstroyah and Space Godzilla being the most prominent. * EnemyMine: Rodan will occasionally team up with Godzilla to fight other monsters like King Ghidorah.** Likewise, there's Mothra who has teamed up with Godzilla at times despite the two being mortal enemies. In fact, it was Mothra who convinced Godzilla and Rodan to join forces with him (This Mothra was one of a pair of twins born in ''Godzilla vs. Mothra'' and yes, was male. The female twin seems to take over the role afterwards though from 1966 on) to fight against King Ghidorah in ''Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster''.*** Actually, Mothra was only called a male in the English Dub, in the original Japanese, it's a female.** Godzilla has to "team up" (really, the Gotengo crew are leading Godzilla along a path because he wants them dead and they take advantage of that) with the very crew of humans who [[HumanPopsicle froze him in ice]] in ''Final Wars''.* EurekaMoment* EveryCarIsAPinto: Averted in ''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla''. The car that falls down a cliff doesn't explode. That is, until Godzilla steps on it.* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: [[PrehistoricMonster Mutant dinosaurs the size of skyscrapers]], that is.* EvilTwin: Subverted: Battra is more of a [[AntiVillain bad-tempered]] twin to Mothra. Not to mention all the clones of Godzilla; [[RobotMe Mechagodzilla]], [[SpaceX Spacegodzilla]]... * EyeBeams: Hedorah, Mechagodzilla (except for Kiryu), King Caesar, Battra (both forms), M.O.G.U.E.R.A, ''Final Wars''/''Godzilla Ongoing'' Gigan and Monster X. ** And the Hanna-Barbera Godzilla.* EyeLightsOut* EyepatchOfPower: Dr. Serizawa, the only man to kill Godzilla officially.** Captain Yamoto from ''Ebirah, Horror of the Deep'', also portrayed by Akihiko Hirata.* EyeScream: One of the wounds Godzilla recieves from Hedorah: His eye is burnt out. But Godzilla fully retaliates later. ** Gigan suffers a blow to the visor in the ongoing Godzilla comic from Rodan. ** In ''Godzilla Legends'' issue 4, Godzilla rips out one of Hedorah's eyes.** In ''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla'' Akane manages to stun Godzilla by aiming the maser at one of his eyes.** The Godzilla Tower in ''Godzilla vs. Gigan'' is armed with a really painful-looking laser beam cannon in its mouth, which it uses to blast Godzilla in the eye. ''Twice''. Gigan also attacks Godzilla in the eyes in the same movie.** Kumonga spits a stinger into Godzilla's eye in ''Son of Godzilla''.* FamilyFriendlyFirearms: Family friendly maser technology, especially in the 1990s series. Conventional guns still appear frequently, however.** Justified, as bullets do not affect kaiju generally.** In ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'', the agents from Seatopia used ''knockout gas guns.''* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Quite a few of them including [[spoiler:Godzilla's meltdown at the end of ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah''.]] Other qualifiers include Orga (freakin' [[MadeOfExplodium explodes in a shower of gore]]), the first Godzilla (being disentigrated down to his very ''bones'' while still ''awake'') and the first Showa Baragon [[getting his goddamn ''neck'' snapped by Frankenstein's Monster.)** FamilyUnfriendlyViolence: Anguirus getting his jaw overstretched by Mechagodzilla, the bloodletting in Godzilla vs. Gigan and Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla... there's actually quite a bit in Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla and its direct sequel.** It should be mentioned that this sort of violence is considered much more acceptable for Japanese children compared to American standards, so this is a bit of cultural differences. Just look at the Gamera series, which are loaded with such violence. The Godzilla films in the 1970's started having similar gore most likely because of the Gamera films.* FantasyKitchenSink: The franchise and its related films feature dinosaurs that have survived until the present day to be mutated by atomic testing, present-day animals mutated by atomic testing, nearly a dozen different intelligent alien races trying to conquer us with various monsters and HumongousMecha, TimeTravel, mystical creatures and gods of religions that don't really exist (in the form of a massive, almighty...''butterfly''?), a massive sentient plant made by mixing a rose's DNA with Godzilla's and giving the result a human soul, ghosts, a living pile of sludge, two unrelated subterranean civilizations, FrankensteinsMonster, Film/KingKong, humans with powerful psychic powers, a force made of humans born with supernatural strength and agility, a gun that fires black holes, a giant magic gliding lizard whose very presence creates DramaticWind, a giant walrus(!), a ''jumbo shrimp''(!!!), and all other manner of wacky shit. And that's what fans love about these films!* FanSequel: ''[[http://people.ysu.edu/~awmerdich/gdbr.html/ Godzilla: Daikaiju Battle Royale]]'' is a fan sequel to Godzilla: Monster of Monsters for the NES. The game is being constantly updated with new fighters and other features which can be followed ''[[http://tohokingdom.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=7282&sid=9a347c8a81ddd8f3b9cdc59ae2ad230c/here]]'' and ''[[http://w11.zetaboards.com/GDBR/index//here]]''. * FilkSong* FireForgedFriends: Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra in ''Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster'', Godzilla and King Caesar in ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla'', Mothra and Battra in ''Godzilla vs. Mothra'', Godzilla and M.O.G.U.E.R.A in ''Godzilla vs. [=SpaceGodzilla=]''. * FiveBadBand: The Xilien-controlled monsters in ''Godzilla: Final Wars'' can count.** BigBad: Monster X/Keizer Ghidorah** TheDragon: Gigan** TheEvilGenius: Rodan, Kamacuras** TheBrute: Anguirus, Kumonga** TheDarkChick: King Caesar, Zilla** SixthRanger: Manda** TagalongKid: Poor [[ButtMonkey Hedorah]]...*** In the Godzilla Ongoing comic:** BigBad / EvilGenius: Space-Godzilla** TheDragon/[[spoiler:DragonAscendant]]: Monster X/[[spoiler:Keizer Ghidorah]]** TheBrute: Hedorah** TheDarkChick: Gigan* FiveManBand: Showa Godzilla and his various allies, though never fully combined sadly...** TheHero: Godzilla. Also makes a good BigGuy or SmartGuy, depending on the incarnation.** TheLancer: Anguirus. Grouchier, and has only melee attacks.** TheSmartGuy: Rodan; though Godzilla can also end up here. ** TheBigGuy: Gorosaurus fits in ''Destroy All Monsters''. Rodan and Godzilla can also fit here, as well.** TheChick: Mothra. Usually the level-headed one, her son, also named Mothra like his twin sister, broke up the fight between Godzilla and Rodan in ''Ghidorah'' and the female twin seemed to be telling Godzilla she didn't want to fight him in ''Ebirah, Horror of the Deep''. Godzilla could also qualify sometimes ([[PapaWolf usually when defending his adopted offspring]] or [[FireForgedFriends cooperating with an ally]]). ** TheSixthRanger: Jet Jaguar and King Caesar... Although they're not very popular ones. A far more popular SixthRanger is Gorosaurus, if he's not the BigGuy.*** In ''Destroy All Monsters'', Kumonga, Varan, Baragon, and Manda also count.** TagalongKid: Minilla** The Guardian Monsters form a three monster version in ''GMK'':*** TheHero / TheBigGuy: Ghidorah.*** TheLancer / TheSmartGuy: Mothra.*** TheHeart / TeamPet: Baragon.** In the Creator/DarkHorseComics for G-Force Alpha*** TheHero: Kazushi*** TheLancer: Reiko*** TheBigGuy: Kino*** TheSmartGuy: Take*** TheChick / TheSixthRanger: Burton Helzer** In the Creator/IDWPublishing Godzilla comic for the Monster Kill Crew:*** TheHero / BigGuy: Boxer [[spoiler: before he dies]].*** TheLancer: Urv before switching to Harrison, [[spoiler: Boxer's son]].*** TheSmartGuy / TheChick: Claire before switching to [[spoiler: Asuka Hikari]]*** TagalongKid: Kumonga very briefly.*** TeamPet: Kiryu.* FollowTheLeader: The original movie more or less ''birthed'' the Kaiju genre, as other film studios other than Toho tried their hand at making monster movies, often with varying results. Some of the more notable ones are ''The X from Outer Space'', ''Gappa: The Triphibian Monster'', ''Film/{{Gorgo}}'', ''Film/{{Reptilicus}}'', and ''Yonggary: Monster from the Deep''.** ''Franchise/{{Gamera}}'' is one of the most well-known attempts at following Godzilla's success, mostly because the [[Film/GameraGuardianOfTheUniverse Heisei]] [[Film/Gamera2AdventOfLegion revival]] [[Film/Gamera3AwakeningOfIrys trilogy]] managed to prove that Gamera was capable of rivaling Godzilla, an astonishing and unheard of achievement for Kaiju movies.** One of the more controversial Kaiju movies to take cues from Godzilla is ''Film/{{Pulgasari}}'', the only Kaiju movie so far to come from UsefulNotes/NorthKorea. The director, Shin Sang-ok, and his wife, Choi Eun-hee, were kidnapped by North Korean intelligence who were following orders from Kim Jong-Il, and forced to make seven films, with ''Pulgasari'' being one of them. Notably, the staff from Toho actually provided the special effects for the film, and the then-current suit actor for Godzilla, Kenpachiro Satsuma, was the suit actor for the title monster. Thankfully, both the director and his wife successfully fled the country unharmed.* ForeignCorrespondent: Raymond Burr's character in the American edit of the original film.* Franchise/{{Frankenstein}}: Toho came up with their own incarnation (although it was still loosely (very loosely) tied to the original, [[Film/{{Frankenstein 1931}} Universal films version of the character]]) in ''Frankenstein Conquers the World''.* FreezeRay: Kiryu and The Gotengo's [[AwesomeButImpractical Absolute Zero Cannons]].** ''Godzilla vs Destoroyah'' features several mecha with freezing beams, including the Super XIII and special maser tanks.* FrickinLaserBeams: Mechagodzilla in two incarnations, MOGERA, Mothra (starting with 1992's ''Godzilla and Mothra: The Battle for Earth'').** As well as Orga, Gigan, Hedorah, Garuda, Mothra Leo, Dagarha, Destoroyah (in a deleted scene), Mecha-King Ghidorah...* FromASingleCell: Organizer/Regenerator G-1* FromNobodyToNightmare: Godzilla was just your average run-of-the-mill dinosaur before being mutated into the radioactive badass we all know and love.** Well, the Godzillasaurus as seen in ''Godzilla vs King Ghidorah'' was still gigantic, easily twice as large as real-life theropods such as Tyrannosaurus or Giganotosaurus, so this still would have been an exceptional dinosaur.** The Dorats turn from cuddly winged critters into Godzilla's greatest nemesis.** Titanosaurus was quite content to his oceanic den, untill [[MindControl aliens and a mad scientist decided it would be a good idea to use him against Godzilla]]. He puts up a heck of a fight before he's defeated and sent back into the oceans, though.* GagDub: ''Godzilla 2000'' was given this, as an AffectionateParody of the 70s Godzilla movie dubs.* GaiasVengeance: Battra.* GiantEnemyCrab: Ebirah.** Also, Ganime from ''Space Amoeba''.** The Lord Howe Monster, in the Creator/DarkHorseComics.* GiantFootOfStomping: [[TropeCodifier Describe this trope to someone.]] '''Then see what the first thing he thinks of is.''' (If he says MontyPython, give him a free pass.)* GiantEqualsInvincible: The general rule of thumb seems to be that once an animal reaches a size around Godzilla's, it becomes practically impossible to kill, sometimes, as in King Ghidorah's case, to the point of actually being ''immortal''. Usually the only thing that can bring down a kaiju is either some impossible weapon like the Oxygen Destroy or the Super-X, or another giant monster. So far, the military has beat Godzilla without any AppliedPhlebotinum ''once'', when they sealed him in ice in Godzilla Raids Again, but it didn't kill him.** Averted, however, with Rodan. At the end of their [[Film/{{Rodan}} eponymous film debut]] [[spoiler:both the male and female Rodan die by falling into a volcano as the JSDF bombs the area with an air strike]]. The male [[UnexplainedRecovery recovered]] and returned in ''Ghidorah the Three-Headed Monster''. So this may not be as much of an aversion as we think, unless this was intended to be a third Rodan not discovered in the original film.** Subverted in ''Godzilla vs. Destroyah''. What ultimately kills Godzilla isn't high-tech weaponry or another monster, but rather an overdose of radiation that causes him to go into a nuclear meltdown.** Also subverted with [[BigBad King Ghidorah]] in ''Destroy All Monsters''; though he was up against ''six'' other monsters.* {{Flight}}[=/=]GiantFlyer: Rodan, Varan, Mothra, King Ghidorah, Kamacuras, Hedorah, Gigan, Megalon, Jet Jaguar, the Mechagodzillas (except for Kiryu), Battra, [=SpaceGodzilla=], MOGERA, Destoroyah and Megaguirus.** There's also the flying scene from "Godzilla vs. Hedorah". It's a classic representation of the kitsch and charm the series offers, made especially so because it fits the bizarre tone of the film and contrasts well with the darker bits. The scene at least manages to get away with it due to RuleOfCool.** Kiryu is still capable of at least some limited flight, as in the end of ''Tokyo SOS''.* GiantSpider:** Kumonga.** A robotic instance: The All-Terraintula, from the [[Creator/DarkHorseComics Dark Horse]] comics.* GodIsGood: Mothra is worshiped by the natives on Infant Island and turns out to be one of the few good monsters in the series. This is however not until halfway through ''Mothra vs. Godzilla'', where she promises to keep the collateral damage to a minimum. Before that she killed a fair amount of people in her debut movie, not because of evilness, but because the humans were insignificant to her, and all that mattered was to [[MamaBear save the Fairies]].** Godzilla [[InvertedTrope inverts]] the trope.* AGodIsYou: In the games. ''Unleashed'' lets you play as up to five, seven if you count worshipped monsters.* GodzillaThreshold: {{Trope Namer|s}}. ''Final Wars'' is essentially a movie-long LampshadeHanging of this.** This is also an important plot point in ''Ebirah, Horror of the Deep'', where the heroes also deliberately unleash Godzilla as a last-ditch effort.* {{Golem}}: While not stated outright in either of his appearances, King Caesar is actually one of these.* GoneHorriblyRight* TheGoodCaptain: Captain Gordon.* GoryDeadlyOverkillTitleOfFatalDeath: '''''Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'''''** Some of the original titles for the Showa movies qualify: ''Ghidorah, The Three Headed Monster'' is ''Three Giant Monsters: The Greatest Battle on Earth'', ''Ebirah, Horror of the Deep'' is, ''Godzilla, Ebirah, Mothra: Big Duel in the South Seas'', ''Earth Destruction Directive: Godzilla vs. Gigan'', ''Monster Island's Decisive Battle: Godzilla's Son'', etc etc.* GratuitousEnglish: ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II'' and ''Godzilla: Final Wars''* {{Guilty Pleasure|s}}: Doubly so for the American version.* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Depending on the film you watch, Godzilla's either a good guy or a bad guy, and he sometimes switches sides ''within the same movie.''* HelicopterFlyswatter* HeroicSacrifice: Serizawa in the original and Mothra in almost every one of her appearances. Battra, too.* HeterosexualLifePartners: Some pair the oddly handed Gigan and Megalon like this. Also Showa Godzilla with Anguirus and Rodan.* HongKongDub: These dubs were originally commissioned by Toho themselves for overseas export in Asian countries with a large English speaking populace (Singapore, Malaysia, etc). Commonly referred to as "International Dubs" by fans.* HookHand: Gigan, normally. [[spoiler: As noted above, he did trade them in his second battle with Godzilla in ''Final Wars'' for chainsaws.]]* HotScientist: ''Final Wars'' has Miyuki Otanashi; a biologist assigned by the U.N., played by Rei Kikukawa.** Ozaki even lampshades this for the audience, saying "Are you really a biologist? You look more like a model."* HowWeGotHere: The American version of ''Gojira'' opens with Tokyo destroyed and Steve Martin injured.* HumanAliens: The Mysterians, The Kilaaks from ''Destroy All Monsters'', Black Hole Aliens from ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla'' and ''Terror of Mechagodzilla'', the Xillians from ''Invasion of Astro-Monster'' and ''Godzilla: Final Wars'' and the Nebulans from ''Godzilla vs. Gigan''.** Technically, the Black Hole Aliens are [[KillerSpaceMonkey Killer Space Monkeys]] in disguise while the Nebulans are giant roaches. The ''Final Wars'' Xilians also simply use the human look as a disguise.** The Kilaaks were in disguise, too. Their true forms were weird little snake/slug/rock things. The ''Monster Zero'' Xilians are the only Godzilla aliens that didn't have alternate, non-human forms.* HumiliationConga: Ghidorah in GMK, to the film's [[BadassDecay detriment]].* HumongousMecha: Moguera, Mechanikong, Jet Jaguar, Mechagodzilla, Mecha-King Ghidorah and Kiryu.** Marvel's [[ComicBook/GodzillaKingOfTheMonsters Godzilla comic]] had Red Ronin, a Shogun Warriors-inspired mech that often fought Godzilla, as well as any other monsters at the time. Even after the comic ended, it still continued to appear as a villain fighting the Avengers and other Marvel heroes.* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall: Anguirus' Thunderball attack in ''Final Wars''.* ImmuneToBullets: Virtually all monsters.** Ebirah in ''Final Wars'', however, is very susceptible to bullets. They're superpowered laser bullets, admittedly, but still.** Ganime in ''Space Amoeba'' is also hurt by bullets (the normal, non-laser variety). What is it about Toho crustaceans that their shells can't resist simple gun shots?* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How Kamacuras is killed in ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars''. * InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: King Ghidorah, Manda, Orochi, Death Ghidorah, Dagahra, Keizer Ghidorah...* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: The very reason for Mechagodzilla.* InterspeciesRomance: Astronaut Glenn and Miss Namikawa in ''Invasion of Astro-Monster''.* IslandOfMystery: Monster Island.* IWillFightSomeMoreForever: The Japanese Self-Defence Force just keeps trying to shoot Godzilla with conventional weapons. Granted, sometimes they wise up and invent Super Weapons and HumongousMecha to fight him.* JokerImmunity: Godzilla had survived so much shit that it can be hard to remember that he actually ''died'' at the end of the first film. By this point the things Godzilla has survived include being impaled through the spine by Mechagodzilla with cables, getting blasted at point blank range with the Absolute Zero weapon (which turns anything it hits into vapor), and getting shot with ''a freaking black hole gun''. The one time he was KilledOffForReal, a continuity reboot was used to bring him back anyways. Similarly King Ghidorah has survived pretty much anything, and if he does die than it's just an excuse to bring out Mecha King Ghidorah. ** Well, aside from ''Destroy All Monsters'' and ''GMK''.* TheJuggernaut: Pretty much every kaiju, not least Godzilla himself.* {{Kaiju}}: Of course! Every movie in the franchise has at least one!* KickTheDog: Destoroyah had several of these moments in goring Godzilla Junior in the chest, killing him by dropping him from up high just as Godzilla arrives in Tokyo to meet him, and dragging Godzilla by the throat while he's mourning his son.** Titanosaurus's story in ''[[DarkerAndEdgier Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'', up to the point where [[WhatTheHellHero Godzilla]] didn't know he was under mind control and kills him.** The college Students in GMK try to drown a dog until Mothra comes and kills the students.** [=SpaceGodzilla being=] the Complete Monster he is imprisoning Little Godzilla** Godzilla flinging the Mothra larva off his tail in ''Battle for Earth''. Causing a scene in which Masako Tezuka's mouth hangs open.** [[spoiler:The disguised Mecha]]Godzilla ripping Anguirus's jaw.* KillSat: The Dimension Tide in ''Godzilla vs. Megaguirus''. Hilariously, despite being touted as the ultimate weapon against Godzilla, it fails utterly. '''''TWICE'''''. Though at least the second attempt does ''something'' to Godzilla, even if it only shoved him far underground.* TheKlutz: During his rampages and monster fights, particularly during the Showa era, Godzilla frequently loses his footing and tumbles to the ground (often knocking over a building or two in the process).** This was all too common in the actual filming of such scenes, particularly in the first movie; stunt actors would often topple over due to the awkwardness of the toe spread.* LargeHam: Mr. Tako, head of Pacific Pharmaceuticals.** The Xilian leader in ''Final Wars''.*** So VERY much. He was the cherry on top of the sundae for a film that is completely Ham and Cheese and embraces it.* LaserGuidedKarma: Teenagers rob a store and try to drown the owner's dog in GMK. Cue Mothra rising out of the lake and killing them. Then a newsreport shows the the rescued dog being pet by two people.* LawyerFriendlyCameo: In issue #2 of the IDW comic, three children are seen in a town called El Paso, who very much resemble the PowerTrio of Comicbook/BlueBeetle.* LicensedGame: Dozens. Mostly for Nintendo consoles.* LighterAndSofter: Most of the Showa films after the original. Especially the [[TheScrappy Minya]] movies...* LipLock: Again, Glenn and Namikawa in ''Invasion of Astro-Monster''.* LivingStatue: Gekido-jin from the Creator/DarkHorseComics ''Godzilla Color Special''.* LongRunner: Having been around for 60 years and counting, it's the longest running film franchise in history.** VideoGameLongRunner: Godzilla starred in his first game in 1983, making it one of the longest running video game franchises ever.* LostWorld: Infant Island, Faro Island, Monster Island and Mondo Island.* LosingYourHead: King Ghidorah is decapitated by Godzilla's atomic breath in ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah''. [[CaptainObvious Of course,]] having ''three'' heads, he still manages to escape (and later gets a replacement robotic middle head after being rebuilt as Mecha-King Ghidorah.)* LoweredMonsterDifficulty: Hedorah is the worst offender of this trope. In his first appearance (''Godzilla vs. Hedorah''), he was one of Godzilla's most powerful foes. His next appearance? ''Final Wars'' in which he makes a ten-second cameo before being instantly killed by Godzilla.** To be fair, Godzilla was swatting down kaiju like flies the whole time he was in the movie.** Ghidorah suffers from this as well. In ''Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster'', he proves to be a challenge for Godzilla, Rodan and Mothra. In ''Destroy All Monsters'', it takes the combined efforts of all the Monster Island monsters to kill him. But then in ''Godzilla vs. Gigan'', he's easily dealt with by just Godzilla and Anguirus, '''and''' he's teamed up with Gigan. In more recent movies, he goes from ''Rebirth of Mothra III'', in which Mothra has to turn into [[DeusExMachina Armor Mothra]] to defeat him, to ''GMK: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack'', in which Godzilla easily thrashes him '''and''' Mothra at the same time.*** At least he managed to [[TakeALevelInBadass regain a bit of his former glory]] in ''Film/GodzillaFinalWars'', where he not only was beating, but was absolutely ''trouncing'' what is arguably the most powerful Godzilla ever (who, as mentioned above, was swatting down other kaiju like flies throughout the movie). It took the Gotengo's intervention to finally defeat Ghidorah.** Mechagodzilla in ''Terror of Mechagodzilla''. In the previous movie Mechagodzilla was a beast in both melee and ranged fighting and thoroughly thrashed Godzilla and King Caesar before Godzilla gained NewPowersAsThePlotDemands. In ''Terror'', Mechagodzilla hangs back and lets Titanosaurus do the melee fighting, only fires on Godzilla a few times, and when Godzilla does get into melee range Mechagodzilla is helpless (though he was prepared for the head-ripping-off trick).* MacrossMissileMassacre: One of Kiryu's mode of attacks.** And Showa Mechagodzilla, combined with BeamSpam.* MadScientist: Several, complete with MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter. The one in ''Terror of Mechagodzilla'' [[spoiler: turned his own daughter into a cyborg that could control Mechagodzilla]].** Actually, it was the aliens that did that. He didn't know about it until the movie was almost over, and he was quite upset about it when he found out.* MagmaMan: Obsidius in ''Godzilla: Unleashed''.** Also, Kumasogami from ''Yamato Takeru''.* MakeMyMonsterGrow: Jet Jaguar and Minya (in ''All Monsters Attack'' and ''Final Wars'').** Also, the Mega Monsters (Rhiahn, Triax and Krollar) in the [[Creator/MarvelComics Marvel]] comics.* MamaBear: Do NOT try to harm Mothra's children. You will regret it.** From the Creator/DarkHorseComics series we have Burtannus who happens to be a Expy of Anguirus but can [[ShockAndAwe shoot lightning from her horn]]. In her fight with Godzilla, she manages to fight him long enough all the while protecting her children.* ManEatingPlant: Biollante.* MarsNeedsWomen: The eponymous race in ''The Mysterians''.* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: ''Final Wars'' has 15 different monsters, most of whom originated from other ''kaiju'' series.** Actually, most of ''Final Wars''' monsters were from the Godzilla series. It was ''Destroy All Monsters'' that had a bunch of non-Godzilla kaiju.* MetamorphosisMonster: Hedorah in his debut film.* MilitariesAreUseless: The army in pretty much any movie. The first time can be excused, but in every sequel Godzilla shows up and the army attacks doing nothing to him and actually causing just as much, if not more, collateral damage. Even the damage caused by Godzilla himself can be blamed largely on the army as the films have pointed out shooting Godzilla just makes him mad and causes him to advance and attack.* MilkyWhiteEyes: Godzilla in ''GMK'' and in certain shots in Kingdom of Monsters.* MuckMonster[=/=]BlobMonster: Hedorah, who is an alien kaiju that both feeds off of and is made of sludge.** The eponymous A-bomb spawned mutants from ''The H-Man'' who disintegrate anyone they touch.* {{Mutants}}: It's full of 'em. ''Final Wars'' actually features human mutants, capable of flying leaps.* MythologyGag: IDW's comics are full of them.** Godzilla using his radiation beam to fly out of a canyon ala ''vs Hedorah'' (he's even fighting Hedorah at the time).** In issue 4 of "Rulers of Earth", after Godzilla, Mothra, and her twin larvae send Destoroyah packing, one of the larva tries to bite the tip of Godzilla's tail, which happens in every movie that a Mothra larva appears with Godzilla. This time, though, Godzilla gives the larva a DeathGlare before it bites and the larva sheepishly backs away.* {{Necromantic}}* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Jet Jaguar.* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Repeatedly in the Heisei series on humanity's part. Humanity's attempts to get rid of Godzilla don't just fail, but on 3 separate occasions they backfire spectacularly: Trying to get rid of Godzilla through time travel only created a bigger Godzilla, trying to kill him with Mechagodzilla only created a more powerful Godzilla, and luring him into a fight with Destoroyah using Junior only resulted in [[spoiler:Junior becoming the new fully grown Godzilla they have to deal with]].* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Mechagodzilla and [=SpaceGodzilla=]. Fire Rodan and Mecha-King Ghidorah also fit. Super Mechagodzilla is the worst offender of the series. But then in Mothra's spin-off trilogy, there are Rainbow Mothra, Armor Mothra, Aqua Mothra, Death Ghidorah, Grand King Ghidorah (a.k.a. Super Dragon King Ghidorah)...** ''Final Wars'' is essentially this trope in movie form, combining almost every monster that has ever appeared in Godzilla's movies with a storyline involving, among other things, alien invasion (again) mutants, and special-effects laden gun battles and martial arts sequences that almost seem to have been pulled directly out of Film/TheMatrix.* NoEndorHolocaust: More often than not, but when it is not used, it's OBVIOUSLY not used.* NonIndicativeName: ''Frankenstein Conquers The World''. Dr. Frankenstein's not in it, and there's no conquering of any kind. Also ''Godzilla vs. The Thing'', though you can be forgiven for expecting to hear [[ComicBook/FantasticFour "IT'S CLOBBERIN' TIME!"]] at some point.* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Justified, Serizawa is shown burning the notes before using it as it is part of his HeroicSacrifice.* NoPronunciationGuide: Most of the older French dubs rather blatantly pronounce Godzilla as "Godziya" because of the double L sound.* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: The original 1954 film shows that he's as much a victim of the atomic bomb as everyone else.* NotZilla: Understandably many fans and critics alike feel this way about Tri-Star's 1998 "remake".* NuclearNasty: One of THE TropeMakers.* NuclearWeaponsTaboo: Borderline {{Anvilicious}} sometimes; the earlier movies especially would bring up atomic bombs as a way to destroy Godzilla and the other monsters, but would always get shot down because no one was anxious to destroy Tokyo and a large chunk of Japan in the process. Some films speculated that the bomb would just make the creatures ''stronger''.* NukeEm: [[ShootingSuperman Which just revived him]].-->'''General:''' "The Air Force is standing by... with an atom bomb."-->'''Crow T. Robot:''' "Oh, great. Maybe they'll get ''larger''."* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The Final Wars Kamacuras destroyed the ''Ecleir'', one of the EDF's flying warships. What a shame it was off-screen.* OffTheShelfFX: The model Type 61 tanks in ''Mothra vs. Godzilla'' were not custom made and could actually be found commonly in hobby shops of the day.* OminousFloatingSpaceship seen in Godzilla: Final Wars* [[OnlySaneMan Only Sane Kaiju]]: Mothra. While the other giant monsters prefer to destroy things and being pissed at the human race, she and her children (all of whom, even the males, share her name in whole or in part depending on the era.) prefer to save things and the human race from monsters like Godzilla and King Ghidorah.* {{Orochi}}: King Ghidorah.** In GMK Ghidorah is explicitly referred to as an Orochi who was woken before all his heads had developed** And of course, the actual Orochi, in ''Yamato Takeru''.* OrWasItADream: Happens to Godzilla in a Dark Horse comic, where he fights a dragon-like monster in the distant past.* OurDragonsAreDifferent: King Ghidorah, who is loosely based on the Yamata No Orochi. There's also Manda, who is essentially a Chinese Dragon. And Orochi itself, in ''Yamato Takeru''.* OurGhostsAreDifferent: GMK Godzilla is essentially a zombie version of the 1954 Godzilla possessed by the souls of those who died in WWII.* OurMonstersAreWeird: A lot of the stranger Kaiju fall under this, including Biollante, Hedorah, Gigan and even freaking Mothra.** Godzilla has had a few moments where he does some very weird things in the early films, but these tended to be more moments where we would see flavors of his personality. His ability to fly and turn himself into a living super-electromagnet on the other hand, while being examples of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands, still falls under this trope as well because of how completely out of left field they are, even for '''''him'''''.* OutOfFocus: In the first movie, Hagiwara is very important in the first half, but has a lot less to do toward the end. The American dub almost cuts him out altogether.** Also, Iwanaga (the security officer that escorts Steve Martin around) disappears completely once he informs Steve of the power line defense surrounding Tokyo. Perhaps the intention was he died in Godzilla's attack?*** Didn't Iwanaga die in the building Steve was in? I thought Steve noticed him under some rubble at the start of the film.* {{Overcrank}} and PeopleInRubberSuits form the special effects more often than not.** Inverted in ''Godzilla Raids Again'', when the cameraman accidentally ''undercranked'' some of the monster footage. Director Motoyoshi Oda actually loved the ensuing effect, and ordered the rest of the movie's creature scenes filmed thusly. He did not direct any more Godzilla movies.* PapaWolf: Only a [[TooDumbToLive complete moron]] would try to harm Godzilla's offspring.* PeopleInRubberSuits: Duh.* PersonOfMassDestruction: Godzilla is a prime example of this, especially in the original movie when he levels Tokyo to the ground.* PitTrap: In ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'', Godzilla is lured to a giant pit filled with a large amount of explosives as way of killing him. Naturally, it doesn't work and he simply ''climbs'' out of it. What were you expecting from a Fifty-Meter Monster anyway!* POVSequel: Godzilla: The Half-Century War starts out in the events of the first film but seen through the eyes of the main character Ota. It's confirmed when Godzilla is mentioned to be killed by the Oxygen Destroyer (which isn't explicitly mentioned by name).* PowerCreepPowerSeep: ''King Kong vs. Godzilla''.* PowerCrystal: [=SpaceGodzilla=] has two huge ones, one on each shoulder, and can raise many more out of the ground. Giant "Power Surge Crystals" are also a main plot point in ''Godzilla: Unleashed'', which also has a new monster named Krystalak, a creature born from evil crystals.** ''Godzilla vs. Hedorah'' used the ''Monster Zero'' suit for the scene where Hedorah drenches Godzilla in muck. The flying Godzilla prop was the same prop used when Godzilla was held in the Xilians' energy bubble, also from ''Monster Zero''.** The ''Son of Godzilla'' suit was used in ''Godzilla vs. Gigan'' for the scenes where Godzilla and Anguirus race through the ocean. Unfortunately, the ''Son'' suit looks absolutely nothing like the main suit used for ''Gigan''.*** And the suit used in ''Gigan'' had also been used in the three previous films and was in pretty dire shape. You can see it falling to pieces during the second half of the film.** The laser cannon used on Planet X to bring Godzilla and Rodan out of stasis in ''Invasion of Astro-Monster'' was one of the atomic heat ray cannons from the 1961 ''Mothra''.* PsychicPowers: Miki Saegusa in the entire Heisei series, save for ''The Return of Godzilla''. Also, Mothra's fairies.** To a lesser degree, Meru from ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah''.** [=SpaceGodzilla=] showed off some telekinetic powers, using them to toss around Godzilla and Little Godzilla.** Princess Salno from ''Ghidorah, The Three Headed Monster''.* PsychoForHire: Gigan and Ghidorah in the Showa era. Both are often under the control of various evil aliens and both seem to really enjoy city destruction and attacking Godzilla and/or any of his allies.** In ''Godzilla vs. Megalon'', the Seatopians actually call Nebula M and ask to borrow Gigan to help Megalon against Godzilla. No interaction between the two races, no evidence that they are allies, no reason for them to help except maybe because they don't like Godzilla on general principles. They just phone up and ask to borrow their Kaiju, like he's a cup of sugar. At least give the Nebulans credit for being helpful.* RecycledTheSeries: Twice. TheSeventies' WesternAnimation/TheGodzillaPowerHour and TheNineties' WesternAnimation/GodzillaTheSeries.* RecycledTitle: In Japan, ''The Return of Godzilla'' was "Gojira" just as the original film.** The series also has entries titled ''Mothra vs. Godzilla'', ''Godzilla vs. Mothra'', ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla'', ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II'', ''Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla''.* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Mecha-King Ghidorah and MOGERA (sort of).** Don't forget Kiryu, who just happens to [[spoiler:A cyborg version of the 1954 Godzilla.]]* RedshirtArmy: The ignorance of this trope is one of the many reasons the American Godzilla is so loathed by fans of the Japanese/canon Godzilla films.* RedshirtReporter: A couple in the American Godzilla, at least.** Combined with DeadlineNews in the first movie.* RedSkyTakeWarning: Happens in Godzilla 1985/Return of Godzilla when a nuke goes off in the atmosphere. Also happens in the Super Godzilla game with Bagan's appearance and, though none of them are red except Seattle in the latter, the film Godzilla Final Wars and the game Godzilla:Unleashed has several cities with strange colored skies.* {{Recut}}: ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' through ''Destroy All Monsters'' were diced up and served as 75 minute digest films during the long running Toho Champion Festival, at the expense of character development, and in the case of poor ''Kong'', the uncut negative itself. They learned their lesson and made dupe copies to edit for the rest of the films that played at the festival.* {{Redubbing}}: Common.* {{Retool}}: The reason why Ishiro Honda opposed the LighterAndSofter approach in the series. The original film is his way of showing what would happen when a nuclear weapon is used: with ''disastrous'' results. He even opposed directing ''Film/ReturnOfGodzilla'' because he wanted the series to rest when that film is everything he wanted to point out due to the use of nuclear weapons and the debate of the subject.* ReverseCerebusSyndrome: The franchise started off depicting the horrors of a nuclear holocaust. The first movie was very dark and even by today's standards, frightening. The series gradually went from a horror series to a children's movie series best known for goofy rubber suits and ridiculous plots. The title monster turned into a proud national icon and the source for cartoons, toys, video games, etc.** The Heisei series played out in a similar fashion, starting with a Cold War drama themed sequel to the original, each subsequent entry becoming increasingly ridiculous in their plot, characterizations, and opponents.* RidingIntoTheSunset: A very common trope whenever Godzilla's the good guy and swimming out to sea after saving the day, the sunrise version being very common.* TheRival: In a meta sense Godzilla's top rivals are King Kong, America's greatest monster vs. Japan's, and Gamera, top kaiju.* RoboticReveal: Oh, noes! It's Mechagodzilla!* RoguesGallery: The list of monsters Godzilla has fought is a long one indeed.* RuleOfCool: ''Final Wars'' has many attempts to use this trope; the scene with [[BadassLongcoat Captain Gordon]] and his [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] definitely succeeds.* RuleOfFunny: Obviously the only reason for Godzilla and King Caesar to use Anguirus as a soccer ball in ''Final Wars''.* SadlyMythtaken: in ''GMK'', Ghidorah is said to be a baby Orochi...even though Orochi has ''eight'' heads and Ghidorah only has three. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] in that, in the film, Ghidorah hasn't matured enough to grow back all his heads yet.** Averted with the 1974 film ''Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla''. The character of King Caesar is ''very'' accurate to the portrayal of the Shisa of Okinawa folkore.*** In fact, the song used to summon King Caesar basically translates into "Kill The Dragon! King Shisa!", which is what one Shisa does in a famous story of Okinawa myth and (basically) what King Caesar tries to do when he battles Mechagodzilla. Though, Mechagodzilla is a giant robotic dinosaur rather than a dragon. **** Unfortunately for King Caesar, that is, because Mechagodzilla basically wrecks the Shisa good until Godzilla pulls a [[BigDamnHeroes Big Damn Heroes]] moment and evens the odds a bit more. Granted, it's unlikely King Caesar had ever really faced something like Mechagodzilla before. Most Japanese dragons don't have eye lasers, chest lasers, missiles in their fingers, knees and toes, the abilities to rotate their head separate from their body, create an impenetrable force-field and fly with no wings, or are as upright as he is, after all.***** Though to be fair Kig Caesar was doing pretty well agianst Mechagodzillia until he used his missle fingers. If he did'nt have those its very possible King C. would have won.* ScienceFantasy* TheScourgeOfGod: A few kaiju (Varan, Mothra, King Kong, Manda, Megalon, King Caesar) are actually worshiped as Gods.** As is Godzilla, in the original.* SeaMonster / KrakenAndLeviathan: Godzilla, Manda, Ebirah, Titanosaurus, Maguma from ''Gorath'', the ''Yog'' trio (Gezora, Ganime and Kamoeba) and Dagahra from ''Rebirth of Mothra II''.* SerkisFolk: The 2014 remake will have certain scenes where Godzilla's motion capture is overseen by the [[Creator/AndySerkis Trope Namer]] himself.* ShockAndAwe: King Kong, Gabara, Megalon, Heisei Mechagodzilla's Shock Anchors.** Kiryu also electrocutes Godzilla with a wrist blade at one point.* ShootTheShaggyDog: Dr. Serizawa [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed himself]] to make sure the Oxygen Destroyer was only used to kill Godzilla in the first film because he didn't want it to become a weapon like the hydrogen bomb that helped bring about Godzilla. Disregarding the fact Dr. Yamane was right when he said ThereIsAnother and more Godzillas came for their turn to smash Tokyo, Godzilla vs. Destoroyah features a monster that is arguably worse than almost all the Godzillas and was created by the Oxygen Detroyer, just like how the hydrogen bomb created Godzilla.* ShootingSuperman: Might well have been the TropeNamer if not for Superman, with all the times the military kept trying to shoot at Godzilla or other monsters (even in the Millennium series which are all set in different continuities, they tend to keep trying), even though it never worked. The worst cases are ''Godzilla vs Gigan'', when the army tries stopping Gigan and King Ghidorah, even Ghidorah on his own has wiped the floor with them, and ''Godzilla vs Megaguirus'', when they try using the [[UnrealisticBlackHole dimensional tide]] on Godzilla a 2nd time, even though it didn't work the first time and only brought in Megaguruis from the past. Occasionally subverted and they don't even bother trying.** Even the original film had some of this, with their being machine guns in place to stop Godzilla in addition to the tanks and artillery, even though if the artillery couldn't stop him there would no reason to assume that the machine guns would.* ShortRangeLongRangeWeapon* SimpleScoreOfSadness: "Requiem", which plays at the end of ''Godzilla VS Destroyah'' while [[spoiler:Godzilla dies.]]* SmallAnnoyingCreature: Minya. The ''Heisei'' series replaced him with Baby Godzilla, who then grows into Little Godzilla, and then eventually grows into Godzilla Junior.** Also, there's Godzooky in the Creator/HannaBarbera cartoon series. [[TheScrappy But, the less said about him, the better...]]** And don't forget the little horror that appears, in several different guises, in many of the movies that [[http://www.stomptokyo.com/ Stomp Tokyo]] has dubbed "Kenny." Its most common form is that of a young Japanese boy in shorts...** There's also the Dorats, the little flying rat things from ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah'' that end up transforming into Godzilla's greatest foe.** Let's not forget Fairy Mothra and Garu-Garu from the ''Rebirth of Mothra'' trilogy and Ghogo from ''Rebirth of Mothra II''.* TheSmurfettePrinciple: There's only a handful of female monsters: often Mothra, Biollante, the female Rodan, Megaguirus, and there's bound to have been one female Kamacurus. Sometimes fans lean towards making Destroyah female and mistaking Hedorah for female, due to Godzilla pulling its eyes out and looking like eggs. In terms of cast and crew Yukiko Takayama, writer of Terror of Mechagodzilla, is the only female writer. The first film to have a female protagonist was Kiriko Tsujimori in Godzilla X Megaguirus (Miki Saegusa from G Vs. Biollantte through Vs. Destroyah could also count if you were feeling generous). The Millennium series had a trio of female protagonists, after Tsujimori came reporter Yuri in GMK then Akane in Godzilla X Mechagodzilla.* SnicketWarningLabel* SociopathicHero: If Godzilla legitimately gave a damn about humanity even when saving the day, he certainly doesn't show it. He also seems to [[BloodKnight enjoy the thrill of battle]].* TheSoulless: In one of the films Godzilla comes back as an undead white eyed monster possessed by evil spirits of dead WW2 soldiers. Kananko explicitly said in interviews that the pure white eyes means either Godzilla had his soul exorcized by the evil spirits or he never had one to begin with.* SpaceWhaleAesop: Nuclear weapons create GIANT MONSTERS! Pollution creates GIANT SMOG MONSTERS!** Forgetting the sacrifices of past generations creates [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot GIANT DEMONIC DINOSAUR MONSTERS]]! Pilfering the graves of the dead to make a cyborg (and using said casualties DNA to make a biocomupter) creates [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot GIANT RAMPAGING ZOMBIE CYBORG DINOSAURS]]!* SpecialGuest: Godzilla, King Ghidorah, and Gigan all showed up in the show ''Series/ZoneFighter'' at one point and have fought him. Godzilla even teamed up with Zone Fighter several times and Gigan was even killed by Zone Fighter!* TheSpeechless** Well, unless you watch the English dub of [[Film/GodzillaVSGigan Godzilla VS. Gigan]], that is...* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In Japan, the big guy's name is "Gojira" (or using the Kunrei system, actually "Go-dzi-la"). That's the simplest of the problems...** Throughout the ''Heisei'' era, one of the dub actors (The legendary Rik Thomas) repeatedly pronounces it "Godziller."*** This was also a common problem in some of the Showa dubs.** Deathghidorah being misspelled/mispronounced as "Desghidorah" (understandable due to Japanese pronunciation vagaries); the various different renderings of Destoroyah/Destroyer/Destroyah/Desutoroyah...** Ghidorah underwent some of this as well; was called "Ghidrah" in his debut movie (the title of which in the US is actually ''[[Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster Ghidrah, the Three-Headed Monster]]''), and pronounced as "Ghi-der-ah" in ''[[Film/InvasionOfAstroMonster Monster Zero]]''. The 1998 Tri-Star video release of ''[[Film/GodzillaVSKingGhidorah Godzilla VS King Ghidorah]]'' also referred to him as "King Ghidora".* SpikesOfVillainy: Used and averted, depending on whether Godzilla and the even spikier Anguirus are good guys at the moment.** In the subverted department, there's King Ghidorah, who's not so spiky but is a villain (most of the time). In the played straight department, there's Gigan ([[HookHand Hooks for hands]], [[ChainsawGood a buzzsaw on his stomach]] [[spoiler:[[ChainsawGood and replaces the hooks with chainsaws]] in his second battle with Godzilla in ''Final Wars'']], spiky wings, spiky heads, and a beak with mandibles) and Destoroyah (who has spikes all over his body and claws on his feets, hands, and tail).* StableTimeLoop: [[http://www.scifijapan.com/articles/2007/08/16/godzilla-vs-king-ghidorah-time-travel-and-the-origins-of-godzilla/ This SciFi Japan]] article suggests this is what happened in ''Godzilla VS. King Ghidorah'' was that insteading of removing Godzilla, the time travel instead created the Heisi-era Godzilla. As the article mentions, there is evidence in the move to back this up: Miki still senses Godzilla, not the unmutated dinosaur; ''everyone remembering Godzilla'' despite the time travel; a nuclear submarine accident that happened where they put the dinosaur; and lastly, when the JSSF send a nuclear sub to power the dinosaur--and the dinosaur already being Godzilla before the sub gets there.* StockFootage: Some of the older movies used a few old shots here and there, but it gets really bad and noticeable in ''All Monsters Attack'' and ''Godzilla vs. Megalon''.* StockSoundEffects: Godzilla's roar, despite [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope being copyrighted by Toho]], is one of the go-to sound effects for giant monsters.* StopMotion: Occasionally used for long shots in some of the earlier Showa films. The results can greatly vary from slightly noticeable (Long shots from ''Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster'') to extremely jarring (Godzilla's drop-kick from ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'').** The original film was meant to have Godzilla be fully stop-motion; but the movie's budget drove them into a cheaper solution, which was the full-body latex suit the final movie had.* SuddenlyVoiced: Godzilla and Anguirus actually talk in the dubbed version of ''Godzilla vs. Gigan''. Seriously.-->'''Godzilla:''' "Hey Angilas!"-->'''Anguirus:''' "What do you want?"-->'''Godzilla:''' "Something funny going on! You better check!"-->'''Anguirus:''' "Okay."-->'''Godzilla:''' "Hurry up!"** Their original roars even begin warping in the same scene.** The Japanese version had manga-style speech bubbles.* TakeThat:** From ''Final Wars'':*** Toho's decision to pit the American and Japanese Godzilla against one another. The fight lasts about fifteen seconds. Guess who won.*** A kid is seen playing with various kaiju action figures. He looks at his [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Squirtle]] figure, shouts "YOU LOSER!" at it, then throws it into the nearby fireplace. Might seem like an out-of-the-blue jab at ''Pokemon'', but considering that Gamera is one of Godzilla's biggest rivals...** In ''GMK'' (2001), a character asks "Didn't Godzilla attack America a few years ago?" Someone responds with "That's what all the American scientists said, but our scientists here have doubts."** Zilla's very name is an example of Take That. Toho named him "Zilla" because, in their own words, the American film "Took the 'God' out of Godzilla."** In ''Godzilla 2000'', one of the forms Orga takes is very reminiscent of the aliens from Devlin and Emmerich's ''Film/IndependenceDay''. It promptly gets its ass kicked by Godzilla.* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Often the case with Mothra teaming up with Godzilla and other chaotic monsters.** Quite often in the earlier Showa-era films, Godzilla would need to work with a monster he'd been battling before in order to overcome a much stronger threat. The first film in the series to do this was ''[[Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster Ghidorah, The Three Headed Monster]]'' (with Godzilla and Rodan).* ThisIsADrill: Megalon's hands, MOGERA's nose, Kiryu's hand in ''Tokyo SOS'' and the Gotengo's bow.** ''GMK'' has drilling warheads.* TimeTravel: The 1990s version of ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah''.* [[DisneyOwnsThisTrope Toho Owns This Trope]]: What's scarier than Godzilla? [[ArmyOfLawyers His lawyers...]]* {{Tokusatsu}}: The Godzilla films are perhaps the best-known example of this effects genre.* TheTokyoFireball: TropeMaker. Even when Godzilla is trying to ''save'' Tokyo, the city tends to take an awful lot of punishment.* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Complete with BigApplesauce in the American remake.* TonightSomeoneDies: ''Godzilla vs. Destoroyah''. [[spoiler:Godzilla dies of nuclear meltdown. And, the JSDF manages to freeze Destoroyah to death.]]* TookALevelInBadass: Probably the best examples would be the young Godzillas. Minya begins ''Son of Godzilla'' as a helpless baby, but by the end of the film, he aids Godzilla in battle against Kumonga and even helps to burn the giant spider along with Godzilla. Similarly, in ''Godzilla's Revenge'', Minya is at first tormented by Gabara, but by the end of the film, and with some help from Ichiro, Minya is finally able to overcome Gabara.** Likewise, in the Heisei series, Baby Godzilla/Little Godzilla is at first quite helpless as seen in both ''Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II'' and ''Godzilla vs Spacegodzilla'', but by ''Godzilla vs Destoroyah'', Godzilla Junior is able to hold his own in battle against some of the earlier forms of Destoroyah.* TransformationTrauma* {{Trope 2000}}: ''Godzilla 2000'', [[CaptainObvious of course.]]* TunnelKing: Baragon, Megalon, and Battra as a larva.** Gorosaurus and Anguirus both have one scene where they burrow, but in both instances the monsters were replacing Baragon (whose suit was too damaged to use), and do not display this ability elsewhere.** Strangely, even King Ghidorah somehow displays the ability to do this in GMK, even though it seems to make no sense for him whatsoever.** Zilla, too, fits this trope.* TurtlePower: Kameba/Kamoebas in ''Space Amoeba''. Though it doesn't save him from being killed by Godzilla in ''Tokyo S.O.S''.* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: ''Destroy All Monsters'' (1968) is set in 1999.* TheUnfettered: Malmess in ''Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster''. To him, a giant, golden, lightning-spewing space dragon is a negligible inconvenience to his mission to kill a princess.* UnstoppableRage: Godzilla is the king of this. If he's angry, it's safe to assume that at least one major city is going to be destroyed.* UrbanLegends: Quite a few people still believe the '''completely false''' rumor about ''King Kong vs. Godzilla'' having an alternate ending for both versions of the movie (IE: Godzilla winning in the Japanese version and King Kong winning in the American vesion). In all actuality, the ending for '''both''' versions of the film is ambiguous (Though, [[WordOfGod Toho Studios]] has stated that Kong technically won in both versions)** Another urban legend states that the name "Gojira" was supposedly the nickname of an employee working for Toho.*** However, it should be noted that '''nobody''' working for Toho (at any point in the studio's history) has ever come out and stated that he is the person who originally had that nickname. Likewise, the ''real'' reason Godzilla is known as "Gojira" in Japan is that the word "Gojira" roughly translates into "Whale-Ape" (It's a {{Portmanteau}} of "Kujira" (Japanese for "Whale") and "Gorilla") and that the name is simply left-over from [[WhatCouldHaveBeen Toho's original plan for Godzilla to be a giant fire-breathing ape.]] The filmmakers simply liked the name...and the rest is history.** There is one about Toho wanting to bring Godzilla back in TheSeventies post-''Film/TerrorOfMechagodzilla'' with "Godzilla vs. The Devil" to cash in on the contemporary trend of devil-themed horror movies like ''Film/TheOmen1976''. The fact that Toho Kingdom listed it as a fact contributed to its spread.* VanillaEdition: Most U.S. Godzilla DVD releases are pretty bland. The first set of Classic Media's discs had two "special features" to speak of: an ad for ''Godzilla: Destroy All Monsters Melee'' on the Gamecube and a supposedly 5.1 surround sound track that's really just the mono track turned up with an echo effect added to it. Even worse is the ADV ''Destroy All Monsters'' disc, which doesn't have menus. You put it in and the movie plays, just like a VHS cassette. Tristar's discs usually have a handful of trailers for other unrelated movies. The second wave of Classic Media discs finally added some actual features.** Though they sadly returned to their old ways on their ''Rodan'' / ''War of the Gargantuas'' set. While it comes with a neat documentary called ''Bringing Godzilla Down To Size'', the movies themselves don't get any actual features.*** Which is rather bizarre anyway, since neither of those films are even actual Godzilla movies.** Sony released a three disc set a couple years back titled "Icons of Sci-Fi", containing the original 1961 ''Mothra'', ''Battle In Outer Space'', and ''The H-Man'', which is nicely done at least with the Japanese and American versions of all films, and feature length commentaries for both ''Mothra'' and ''Battle In Outer Space''.** This has gotten slightly better in recent years as DVD companies have finally caught on that Godzilla fans are demanding higher quality releases, and are happy to buy them. Criterion released a wonderful DVD and Blu Ray for the 1954 original Godzilla, in 2012, with a number of very nice bonus features and a gorgeous picture restoration.** Many of the vinyl toys tend to have the same basic articulation points; head, arms, legs and tail. Add wings if you happen to be a Ghidorah and remove legs if you are a Mothra. [[ButtMonkey Rodan gets no (jointed) wing articulation in any of his vinyl releases, though.]] If you are a larval Mothra, remove all points (except possibly the head). * VillainDecay: King Ghidorah and the big lizard himself. The former has probably the biggest of any movie villain, going from being the BigBad that lays waist to entire world to being a mind-controlled slave to aliens.* VillainOverride* VocalDissonance: Godzilla's roar is bizarrely high-pitched and squeaky for such a massive beast.** King Ghidorah's roar consists of ''ringing giggles''. Made [[FridgeHorror rather frightening]] when you see he destroys entire worlds ForTheEvulz and ''appears to enjoy doing so with childish glee''.* WeatherControlMachine: In ''Son of Godzilla''.* WeComeInPeaceShootToKill: Done a few times.** ''Invasion of Astro-Monster'': Xilians from Planet X ask Earth for help in driving King Ghidorah off their planet by sending them Godzilla and Rodan, and in return they'll give us a drug that will cure all known Earth diseases. We send them Godzilla and Rodan, and everything seems just dandy... until the Xilians reveal that they have all three monsters under their control and unleash them on Tokyo.** ''Godzilla vs. Gigan'': An awesome new amusement park called Children's Land opens in Japan, promoting peace for all mankind... until it's revealed that the staff of the park are really giant intergalactic cockroaches that want to rebuild their own civilization which was destroyed by the human-like species on their own planet, and they unleash Gigan and King Ghidorah on Tokyo.** ''Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah'': A trio of humans arrive from the future and declare that, very soon, Godzilla will destroy all of Japan (even worse than he usually does), and that they must go back in time and make it so he is never created to make sure this never happens. Along with the main characters, they go back in time and prevent Godzilla's creation... only to secretly leave behind the Dorats, who end up merging and turning into King Ghidorah from the same radiation that created Godzilla. And the future people control Ghidorah.** ''Godzilla: Final Wars'': When every monster ever starts attacking major cities around the globe at once, the Xilians (again) show up and teleport them all away, saying they only want peace between Earth and Planet X. But then it turns out they were planning on conquering the Earth (albeit through peaceful means). With their cover blown and the rash hot-head taking over command, all the monsters are released back on Earth, this time backed up by Gigan and the Xilians' numerous warships.* WheresTheFunInThat:-->'''Audrey Timmonds:''' If he's the first of his kind, how can he be pregnant? Doesn't he need a mate?-->'''Dr. Niko Tatopoulus:''' Not if he reproduces asexually.-->'''Audrey Timmonds:''' Where's the fun in that?* WholePlotReference: ''Final Wars''' story was essentially a Millennium remake of ''Destroy All Monsters'', with some ''Invasion of the Astro Monster'' thrown in.** In a more real-life sense, ''Gojira'' is a reference to the bombings of Nagasaki and Hiroshima, as well as the Lucky Dragon 5 incident.* TheWorfEffect: With one exception, maser cannons have never harmed Godzilla or any other kaiju in the franchise, ever. A maser in this universe is supposed to be an intimidating, gigantic RayGun, but its repeated ineffectiveness makes you wonder why the Defense Force ever bothers with them.** That one exception was ''The War of the Gargantuas''. There, masers actually ''hurt'' Gaira, driving him back; but in ''Godzilla vs. Gigan'' they still only serve annoy King Ghidorah.* TheWormThatWalks: Destoroyah, in all its forms, is composed of vast swarms of bizarre anaerobic microbes.* WouldHitAGirl: Captain Gordon in ''Final Wars''. At one point he fights two Xiliens, one male, one female. He dispatches the male, then has a fight with the female. After he gets the upper hand, he has his fist pulled back ready to deck her, when she asks "you wouldn't hit a woman would you?". He then hesitates, opens his hand, smiles...then says "Yeah." and knocks her out with a karate chop to the neck!* WrittenRoar: "SKREEEOOONK!", or "EEEAAAAARRGGGGH!"? You decide!* YearX: ''Invasion of Astro-Monster'' (1965) takes place in 196X.** ''Godzilla: Final Wars'' is generally accepted to take place in the near future, though a year is not specified.----